Monday, August 28, 2017

Putnam County
Playhouse presents its final show in the 2017 Season of Laughs with the comedy,
Laughing Stock on September 7, 8, 9,
13, 14, 15, and 16.The Box Office is
Monday – Saturday from 5 – 7 p.m. beginning Monday, September 4.Tickets may be reserved by calling
765-653-5880 or in person during Box Office hours.Laughing
Stock is sponsored by Bittles & Hurt, Hopkins-Rector Funeral Homes

Murphy’s
Law could be a replacement title for this fun romp that tells the tale of a
summer theatre troupe that performs their repertory season in an old converted
barn (Sound Familiar???) with hilarious outcomes. All of the characters
necessary to lampoon the art of theatre are here: invisible producers
that really run the show, wacky directors that think rehearsals just get in the
way of true performances, a tottering older couple who know nothing more than
their lives in the theatre, the spaced out actress, a “serious” actor who must
find motivation for every possible movement on stage, an artistic director who
writes his own scripts to save on royalties, and even a drunken stage
manager holding it all together by a very loose thread. Mix these misfits
in with a season that includes the plays Hamlet, Dracula, and Charley’s Aunt
and you have a delicious and hilarious recipe for disaster.

Everyone
person in theatre has a tale of something that went wrong in a production, so
imagine if all of these things happened at ONCE! That is Laughing Stock. While the show is
funny and the disasters come one right after another, the true heart of this
show is summed up by all those involved: “We wouldn’t trade it for
anything.”

The
Cast of Laughing Stock is headed by
PCPH veteran, Dustin Bond who plays Gordon Page; he is joined on stage by
Dustin Boothby (Jack Morris).Ashlee
Vitz returns to the Playhouse stage as Susannah Huntsman; while newcomer to
PCPH MacKendra Stewart plays Mary Taylor.T.J. Tincher, who delighted
audiences in this season’s hit, The
Foreigner, returns in Laughing Stock as
Tyler Terry.PCPH veterans Jim Rambo
& Don Wilson, last seen in 2016’s musical, 1776, are seen in our season finale as Vernon Volker and Richfield
Hawksley, respectively.Dianna
Baysinger plays Daisy Coates and Andrew Ranck lends his comedic talents to his
character, Craig Conlin.Caroline Good,
last seen as Grandma in The Addams Family,
plays stage manager Sarah McKay.Kathryn Dory makes her return to the PCPH stage as Helen Mills with newcomer Brian Cox
(Braun Oakes). Sandra Rossok (Karma
Schneider) and Drew Harris (Ian Milliken) play overworked interns in the
hilarious happenings of the season.

Sunday, August 6, 2017

Putnam
County Playhouse’s third production of the 2017 “Season of Laughs” is a musical
comedy, The Addams Family. Show dates are August 10, 11, 12, 16, 17,
18, 19.Tickets are available beginning Monday, August
7, 2017. Tickets may be obtained by calling 765-653-5880 from 5 – 7 p.m. or
stopping by the box office at the theater from 5 – 7 p.m.

The Addams Family
features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare.

Wednesday Addams has grown up and fallen in love with Lucas,
a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family.A man her parents have never met.And if that weren’t upsetting enough, she
confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother.Now, Gomez must do something he’s never done
before – keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia.Everything will change for the whole family
on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and
his parents.

The Addams Family
ancestors sing and dance throughout the show and are played by: Sarah Arnold, Sarah Bond, Samantha Flannelly,
Drew Harris, David Lorimer, Bryana Perry, Winter Prewitt and Stephanie
Zhivotovsky.

Ric McFadden is the director of the production and serves as
vocal director.Isaiah Mattas, Josh
Bain and Sarah Bond are the show’s choreographers.Sound and lighting design is by Dustin Bond with
set design/construction by Linda Gjesvold.Shelly McFadden is the costume designer for the show with
make-up/costume assistant, Susan Price.Stage Manager, Jessica Masner is assisted by stage hands:Mason Allen, Mariah Taylor, and Cameron
Wunderlich.Darvell Barger is the sound
board operator and Haley Wilson is the light board operator.Spot light operators are Sarah Nowling and
Grace Elmore.

The orchestra for The Addams Family is led by pianist,
Marilyn Rush.Morgan Asher plays
keyboards for the production, with Drew Brattain on bass and Dedee Schwomeyer
on drums.The Addams Family is
sponsored by First National Bank.